A 20-year-old lady who would have liked to skyrocket to YouTube fame with a challenging trick has rather conceded to second-degree murder after lethally shooting her sweetheart while cameras rolled.

Monalisa Perez of Halstad, Minnesota, shot her sweetheart through a book he was holding to his chest for a trick the couple proposed to transfer to YouTube. Ms Perez said they didn’t trust the shot would endure the 1.5-inch tome.